Kasson

Kasson Hy-Vee offers COVID-19 vaccine

Kasson’s HyVee Pharmacy is among the Hy-Vee stores in Minnesota that have been added to the network of pharmacies offering the COVID-19 vaccination. The local store received their first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine a week ago Monday and began distributing them right away, said Mark Lawrence,...

Kasson native Ron Unger has watched Kasson grow as resident, Park & Rec. supervisor.

Park & Rec supervisor has watched Kasson grow

Ron Unger grew up in Kasson in the 1960’s and 70’s, along Mantorville Avenue two blocks north of Main Street, “downtown” as he called it, with an older sister, Paula and a younger brother, Jerry. His parents, Bud and Rosie lived in their 100-year-old house since 1958 up until two years ago when...

Owners of Smiling Moose and Gift, Kim and Steve White, plan to open a gift and coffee shop in the former HyVee Pharmacy building. They are also owners of Alaska Shoppe, Skagway, Alaska. The White’s purchased the building earlier this month.

‘Smiling Moose’ coffee, gift shop to open in Kasson

Smiling Moose Gifts is planning to open this April at 408 Main Street in Kasson, which is the former Hy-Vee Pharmacy location. Owners Kim and Steve White plan to offer a general gift store and a drive-through coffee shop. The Whites are excited to offer the community a drive-through coffee option...

Paul and Sara Bailey welcomed Payton Mary Bailey on Jan. 1, 2021. Payton was born at 12:50 a.m. on New Year’s Day at Mayo Clinic Methodist Hospital, becoming Olmsted County’s first baby of the year.

Olmsted County’s 1st New Year’s baby born to Kasson couple

Olmsted County’s first baby was born to Paul and Sara Bailey of Kasson at 12:50 a.m. on Jan. 1. The baby, Payton Mary, delayed her arrival until the New Year. Sara was induced at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31, and figured her little bundle would arrive on the same day. But Payton held out for the new...

Nick Retzer works on leg strength as Director of Personal Training Zach Hodgson checks in on the trainee.

Activity ramps up at Anytime Fitness

The Anytime Fitness operations in Byron and Kasson are seeing an uptick in new memberships as they typically do at the start of a new year. What they’re still recovering from are previous business shut downs due to COVID-19. The latest shutdown was from Nov. 17 through Dec. 19, said Zach Hodgson,...

Clint Patterson looks at a photograph of the farm in Burt, Iowa where he grew up.

Long-time Kasson pastor recalls years of ministry

Rev. Clint Patterson grew up on a farm near Burt, Iowa, 130 miles southwest of Kasson, in the 1950’s and 60’s with three sisters. His farm work included herding sheep, feeding cattle, walking beans, baling hay, grinding corn for cattle feed and driving farm machinery. He was in 4-H for seven years...

KM KoMets finish their COVID season with a win

Kasson-Mantorville KoMets had their last volleyball game of the season on their home turf against the Jordan Jaguars last week. The first set started out with Jordan taking the lead 2-0 until Maddy Cummings and Shae Sands both received a kill tying the game 2-2. After a long back and forth round,...

Kasson Library Director Pat Schaffer-Gottschalk says she works with the best library staff there is. Staff members include, left to right, Nancy Hackenmiller, Barb Thompson, Pat Shaffer-Gottschalk, Kelly Bell and David Greenfield.

Kasson library director says staff is the best

Patricia Shaffer-Gottschalk grew up in Port Clinton, Ohio, about the size of Kasson, by Lake Erie with two sisters who still live in Ohio. The city has been nicknamed “The Walleye Capital of the World” due to the great fishing areas offshore in Lake Erie (wonder how Minnesota feels about that?)....

The staff at El Patron in Kasson was ready for business when the restaurant opened last week. Hard at work in the kitchen were, back, left to right, Frank, Adolfo Angel, Paco, Carlos Rodriquez; front Victor Lemus.

El Patron open for business Kasson

After delays in opening, El Patron Mexican Grill & Cantina opened Nov. 24 in the old Daniel’s Restaurant location in Kasson. The restaurant serves authentic Mexican food, with dozens of items on the expansive menu. Most popular menu items are the enchiladas supreme, cowboy fajitas and the...

Hy-Vee opening set for Nov. 17

The new Hy-Vee in Kasson will officially open for business at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, for a grand opening. Hy-Vee officials confirmed next week’s opening earlier this week. According to corporate officials, the more than 35,000-square-foot store will offer a full selection of grocery items; a Wall...